Oh, I just saw this! Really! Say hello to your gran for me. She might just be about my age (I’m 63 in April). I wonder where exactly she’s from? I went to school in Wallsend at the same time as Sting but I’m from nearer the coast – she would know Whitley Bay. My accent is well-diluted, but I can ‘do’ it when I feel like it. And people sometimes guess, though they also think I’m Welsh and even Scandinavian.